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If you’re new to Yorkshire see what it has to offer on our Introduction page.

We have now added more than 1,000 places to our A to Y Gazetteer of Yorkshire. We've listed the cities and towns and now many of the villages, with links to pages providing more information or to pinpoint villages on our unique Yorkshire map.

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Yorkshire heritage opens up with 10 days of special tours

Hundreds of places around Yorkshire are opening up as part of the national Heritage Open Days taking place over 10 days from Friday September 6 to Sunday September 15.

Howden Minster hosts an exhibition of its role as a past transport hub featuring river ferries, coaching inns, roads, railways and airfields, one the home of the R100 airship Trinity Church, Ossett — one of Yorkshire's tallest churches — is one church holding an open day with a chance to visit its towerSt Mary Magdalene church at Whitgift in the East Riding has a tour and exhibition beneath its clock displaying 13 in Roman numbersMany properties not normally open to the public are made free to tour during the festival and there are also extra guided tours and special free events at some of the heritage sites which do normally open their doors, including historic houses, churches and museums. Some events have limited numbers and require pre-booking.

Walks around the Yorkshire Wolds village of Etton will explain fascinating features of its historyThe National Emergency Services Museum looks back at 50 years of South Yorkshire emergency services A walking tour provides an insight into North Yorkshire's only city — Ripon Grosmont station tours are one of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's Heritage Open Days activities Buildings involved in this rare opportunity to visit range from historic to modern. There are also tours, walks and talks to explore locations of heritage interest. Only a small number of the hundreds of places in Yorkshire taking part are featured in a random selection here.

You can find out more about events and properties open at the Heritage Open Days website at Heritage Open Days

Rail route closed until September 24

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Between September 6 and 24 there will significant disruption on the Calder Valley rail route through the Pennines.

The line towards Manchester will be closed every day between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria due to the replacement of a rail bridge over the M62 near Castleton, Greater Manchester. This will have an effect on train services at places including Bradford Interchange, Halifax and Calder Valley stations including Brighouse, Sowerby Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden.

Passengers travelling between West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester will need to consider the effect of bus replacements or look to alternative train journeys via Huddersfield.

Journeys between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria normally take about 15 minutes by train but are scheduled to take around 32 minutes by replacement bus. Travellers may also be aware of there being a tram service between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria via Oldham, but this takes considerably longer than other alternatives at 48 minutes and is not part of the rail ticket network.

For the weekends of September 14-15 and 21-22 the line closure will be between Manchester Victoria and Todmorden although Hebden Bridge will be the changing point for buses towards Rochdale and Manchester Victoria. Services will operate via Bradford Interchange and Halifax on these weekends unlike the weekend of September 7-8.

The Esk Valley line in North Yorkshire is closed for four days between Monday September 9 and Thursday September 12 with bus replacement to stations from Nunthorpe to Whitby.

Train services between Bradford Forster Square - Frizinghall - Shipley - Baildon - Guiseley will have bus replacements every Sunday in September and October. Kirkstall Forge and Apperley Bridge will be served by Leeds - Skipton trains and not Bradford - Leeds trains.

Check details of your journey at the National Rail website.

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Overnight closures on M62 until end of October

This section of the M62 between Junctions 24 and 25 will have overnight closuresOvernight closures of sections of the M62 will be taking place in West Yorkshire until the end of October.

Carriageway resurfacing will be taking place on the four-mile stretch of motorway between Junction 25 at Clifton, the junction for Brighouse and north Huddersfield, and junction 24 at Ainley Top, the junction for Huddersfield and Elland. There are also plans to replace joints on part of the bridge at Junction 25.

The work will involve closing one carriageway or slip road at a time with work beginning with the westbound carriageway at Junction 25. Overnight closures will be between 8pm and 6am, involving traffic being diverted off the motorway when work on the carriageway is taking place.

There will also be a complete closure of the M62 over two weekends in September at the far side of the Pennines as a rail bridge over the M62 near Castleton, Greater Manchester, is replaced. The M62 will be closed near Rochdale from 9pm on Friday September 6 to 6am on Monday September 9 and between the same times from Friday September 20 to Monday September 23.

A schedule of which carriageways are involved in the M62 closures near Huddersfield can be found on this page at National HIghways

Marvellous museums

Yorkshire has hundreds of marvellous museums celebrating the region's rich history, its transport, diverse industries and characters from Yorkshire whose names became known across the globe. Some of the museums are of world-class and national importance. We have a selection of some of the best in Yorkshire on our Museums page with links to their websites so that you can check for opening times. You will also find many more museums by looking up cities and towns in our Gazetteer.

Museums

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70th anniversary year for Yorkshire's newest National Park

The newest of Yorkshire's three National Parks celebrates its 70th anniversary this year.

The Yorkshire Dales National Park began its life on 16 November 1954, after a public inquiry in May that year, to become Britain's eighth National Park.

The park's original 684 square miles were originally within the boundaries of historic Yorkshire's West and North Ridings, but after those boundaries had themselves been frayed by Government changes, the park boundaries were also extended in 2016 from following the old county boundary to include areas of Lancashire and what was then Cumbria, now Westmorland and Furness. The National Park now stretches across 841 square miles.

Among the natural attractions to discover in the Yorkshire Dales are Yorkshire's mountain peaks, beautiful river valleys, attractive villages and some of the finest limestone scenery in the UK. We celebrate some of these in our latest selection of pictures on our Pictures page.

Yorkshire Dales Pictures

Yorkshire mixture

Here are links to a few favourite pages at Yorkshire.guide:

Cities Largest towns and cities Population Gazetteer Abbeys Castles Film locations Heritage Coast Heritage railways Highest mountains Historic Houses North Pennines North York Moors Museums Peak District Racecourses Seaside York Yorkshire Dales Yorkshire football Railway stations

On Ilkla Moor Baht ’at

If you’re from Yorkshire you will probably recognise our background picture as the Cow and Calf Rocks on Ilkley Moor, famous as the location of the Yorkshire dialect anthem "On Ilkla Moor Baht ’at". More on Ilkley.

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